Wigmore Hall Live

The tenor puts together a stimulating mixture of the familiar and unfamiliar, and is supported with unerring sensitivity and skill at the piano by Julius Drake…At no stage, either, does one... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2017More…

Bostridge’s commitment to Schubert remains exceptional, as does, too, that of his marvellous colleague Julius Drake at the piano – a player of complete technical authority, and surely the tenor’s... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The opening Schubert group demonstrates the baritone's natural and unaffected delivery - an ability to hold words and notes together in one single gesture - and his finely tuned vocalism, founded... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009More…

The Polish-born American singer Ewa Podles is something of a cult figure, a true contralto of a quality rare nowadays. …she makes 'None but the lonely heart' remarkably touching and unhackneyed,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Both singer and accompanist are on far better form, for me, than they were in Winterreise...These are direct, uncluttered accounts of songs of varying quality, and the deepest - 'Am Meer', 'Der... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…the whole Sibelius group, anything but an easy opener for the programme, sets exacting challenges to which Isokoski rises, culminating in the mini-opera "The maiden's tryst". In the Strauss... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006More…

Paco Peña is a genuine virtuoso, capable of dazzling an audience with technical abilities beyond the frets of mortal man. — New York TimesMore…